‘Vishnu Nivasam’, the mammoth pilgrim complex run by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) in the heart of the city, will resume operation from Saturday (September 11).
The building is at a stone’s throw away from the railway station and walkable from the APSRTC central bus station, making it the most preferred by the devotees arriving in the pilgrim city.
The TTD had handed over the ‘Vishnu Nivasam’ to the Chittoor district administration during the first wave of coronavirus pandemic and the facility has been serving as a COVID Care Centre till recently.
Allotment of rooms remained suspended for a long and there is a semblance of action at the sprawling campus as Tirumala-bound crowd started picking up. TTD Joint Executive Sada Bhargavi, who inspected the facility on Thursday, asked the officials to ensure cleaning, sanitation and strict adherence to the COVID-29 guidelines before allotting the rooms.
Ms. Bhargavi asked the engineering officials to erect signboards on…